Information Security News: Man Arrested in Online Extortion Case

[Marjorie Simmons <lawyer () USIT NET>]

Man Arrested in Online Extortion Case
The Industry Standard
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZTUL0O9CC

A Florida man was arrested on charges that he attempted to extort over
$1 million from a company that makes computer-aided design software.
Michael Pitelis allegedly sent e-mail messages to executives at Waltham,
Mass.-based Parametric Technology threatening to post on the Web
numerical "keys" that would enable anyone to use the company's software
without first paying for it.

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